How to add an image to a TFS work item; as an image, not as an attachment.

Question

Our team is in the process of begining a project which is being managed using TFS. Several requiremens which existed only in Word documents are being migrated to TFS work items. The Word documents contain various diagrams and images which we need included in the work item, specifically under the 'Details' and 'Analysis' tabs. The problem is that images cannot be pasted into these tabs as images.

The only option to add images to the work item appears to be as an attachment.

Could someone confirm this?

Any assistance is appreciated.

Answer 1

You can change the text boxes to accept HTML, but that may still require the image to be hosted elsewhere.

HowTo: http://msmvps.com/blogs/vstsblog/archive/2009/01/11/using-rich-html-descriptions-instead-of-plain-text.aspx

It may also be best to just link to the existing document. We have to do this for now, because we have a large repository of existing documentation that no-one wants to bother converting.

Answer 2

Using the stock workitem this is true. You can extend the workitem display within the team explorer with your own custom controls that could display an attachment inline, but this won't be a small effort.

There are samples and guidance here